Africa is a continent on the move and the youths seem to be disconnected from any form of leadership or vision to help them take the continent to the next level. MentorAfrica looks to help youths, through various life transition mentoring topics, to prepare youths for development and leadership whenever the need arises.

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Monday, 15 July 2013

TRUE INDEPENDENCE 7 - LA VRAIE INDEPENDENCE 7

We all like to be independent but a lot of us do not understand what it entails. Independence involves more responsibilities because when we are dependent on others, all decisions are taken on our behalf. As we have been discussing, true independence means that all decisions and their consequences rest on our shoulders. One of the principal characteristics of true independence is transparency because a truly independent person is so personally integrated that whatever he does will be in total agreement with what he represents. The reason being that a truly independent person thinks through his decisions and takes actions without undue influence from anybody. Consequently, these are people who stand to defend themselves to the end knowing that they have nothing to hide. When we are not responsible for our actions or when we blame others for our actions, it is difficult to be transparent because we try to cover up things that are not up to par. Until we can totally defend every action we take, we cannot be truly independent.